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Vintage and thrift shop opened in 2009 by Paul Gazar at 1430 W 18th Street in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood; the largest store of its kind locally, with weekly-refreshed stock.
Pilsen Vintage and Thrift opened in 2009 at 1430 W 18th Street in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, part of a wave of vintage shops that opened in the area around that time. It was founded by Paul Gazar, who had worked at another local vintage shop before striking out on his own. The store is described as the largest vintage and thrift shop in the Pilsen community, selling clothing, furniture, records, housewares, accessories and jewelry spanning roughly the 1940s through the 1980s, with new stock brought in on a weekly basis. It sits within Pilsen's broader cluster of secondhand and vintage shops along and near 18th Street.